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Son DevB ': By Tbevor Parks Senior Reporter After two games, the Arizona State iefense is starting to lode almost as ough as Nebraska’s. The Sun Devils defense has scored wo touchdowns this season, doubling ast year’s total after only two games ind helping lead ASU to a No. 17 rank ng and its first 2-0 start since 1991. The Sun Devils have been staunch, illowing only 4 of 28 successful third iown conversions, a percentage of 14.3. Defensive tackle Vince Amey, who cored on a 24-yard interception return n the second half of ASU’s 52-7 win ova* Noth Texas, said scoring on de fense is a motivating factor for the Sun Devil defense. “It keeps us going when we score,” Amey said. “We watch ourselves cre ate a bigplay and we want to do it over and over again.” The 52-7 win over North Texas was the first time since Oct. 17,1987, that two Sun Devil defensive players reached the end zone. This year, the Arizona State defense is allowing only 247 yards per game and has held opponents to an average of 79.5 yards rushing per game. Amey, a 6-foot-3 junior from Union City, Calif., said his defensive mates will have to step up the heat even more Saturday against the No. 1-ranked Comhuskers, who scored two defen sive touchdowns in their season-open ing win over Michigan State. “They run the ball very well and the key for them is that they are very dis ciplined,” said Amey, who has lost 35 pounds after playing at 310 pounds last year. “We need to take care of busi ness on defense and try to stay disci plined as they are.” Amey said Arizona State needs to stay disciplined against the Huskers. “We need to get penetration up front,” he said, “and we have to sacri fice our bodies to take out a couple of guys.” You can’t make a big play ev ery time, but we need to make a couple of big plays this weekend.” Hawkeyes fight to end streak By Sam McKewon Staff Reporter The Iowa volleyball team will try to make a dent in its dis mal series with Nebraska when the Hawkeyes visit NU Coli seum tonight at 7:30 in the open ing round of the First Bank In vite. Iowa coach Linda Schoenstedt knows a win won’t come easily. “We’ve never beaten Ne braska, so it would be a nice win,” Schoenstedt said. “But it’s going to be tough to win at their jhome.” One-sided is the best way to describe the history between NU and Iowa. The buskers own an 11-0 record over the Hawkeyes, winning every match in three games. “When you have 4,000 fans cheering as loud as they do at Nebraska,” Schoenstedt said, “you have to block it out.” Schoenstedt, a 1976 Creighton graduate who has a 65-97 record in her five years at Iowa, said her 54 team must serve aggressively and play well at the net. “If we play back and unag gressive, we’ll get beat,”- she said. Schoenstedt said she doesn’t, expect eighth-ranked Nebraska’s recent loss to unranked North Carolina to detract from her team’s attention. “If anything,” she said,” it makes me a little more weary of going in and playing them now. We blow they’ll be ready for us,” she said. An upset would be a spring board for Iowa, which was 10 21 last season. “Ibis is the kind of victory we need to give us momentum into the rest of the season and into the Big Ten Conference,” she said. Pettit wants to see balanced NU offense VOLLEY from page 6 Rams, whose only loss this season is to No. 16 Loyola Marymount, are cur rently riding a six-match winning streak. The Rams, who return five starters from last season’s NCAA Tournament team, are led by a trio of outside hit ters: Rainie Rogers, Janie Penfield and Judy Rexroth are all averaging more than 3.5 kills per game. Katherine Pettit, the daughter of NU Coach Terry Pettit, is a true fresh man setter at CSU. She is redshirting this season. NU’s Pettit said he would like to see an improvement in his team’s of fensive production this weekend. The Huskers are hitting 225 this year, well below last season’s mark of .314, which led the nation. In each of Nebraska’s six wins this year, the Huskers have posted a higher hitting percentage than their opponent. “I think we’re doing a decent job defensively,” Pettit said, “but offen sively, our attack percentage isn’t as high as I’d like it.” Pettit, who will coach from a wheel chair this weekend, would also like to give his offense a more balanced look. “We have to do a better job of get ting the ball to our middle attackers,” Pettit said. “Right now, our outsides are getting the ball 10-13 times a game, while our middles are getting it about 2-5 times. Historically, that has not been the case.” Husker soccer team to riskits SOCCER from page 6 Eddleman have combined to score nine goals and 24 points. Eddleman has benefited freon play ing alongside junior Kari Uppinghouse last summer for the Denver Diamonds, Walker said. “It helped her a lot,” he said, “be cause playing for that team is similar quality to college.” Seminoles win big RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Thad Busby showed some of the improve ment Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden was hoping for Thursday night, throwing two 29-yard scoring passes as the No. 3 Seminoles routed North Carolina State 51-17. Warrick Dunn ran for 108 yards to complement Busby, and the Florida State defense shut down its second straight opponent. The Seminoles (2 0) blew out the Wolfpack for the fourth consecutive time. Nebraska has outscored its oppo nents this year by a gaudy 31-2 mar gin. Because of the Huskers’ robust offensive output, it becomes easy to overlook their defensive prowess. “One reason we score so much is because we defend so well,” Walker said. “We’re always looking to im prove.” Staff reporter Peter Marhoefer contributed to this report ; : - IpK^136 Kri*Brown 6-10 206 So. PK 41 Robert Nyci ^ 5*11 189 Jr. Pot. No. Name HL WL Yr. Pot. No. Name HL WL Yr. Sr m gg Sha^s^yda 6-6 276 Sr. RR 98 Grant Wfetran 6-6 250 Jr. RE 69 Derrick Rodger* 6-2 232 Jr. MIKE 44 JonHeaae 6-4 250 Sr. LB 42 PatTUhnan 6-11 204 Jr. LCB 20 Michael Booker 6-2 205 Sr. LCB 32 MannuSoward Ml 179 Sr. ROV 10 MikeMinter 5-10 190 Sr. FS 13 Mitchell Freedman 6-0 196 So. P 19 Jesse Koech 6-0 185 Sr. " P 17 Lance Anderson 6-1 223 Sr. NU runners return home By Gbegg Madsen Staff Reporter The Nebraska cross country team will play host to the Woody Greeno Nebraska Invitational Sat urday at Pioneers Park in Lincoln. “I think we’re ready for this meet,” Coach Jay Dirksen said. “You get to running so much in practice against yourself.” Junior Nora Shepherd and se nior Christina Blackmer—both of whom qualified for the NCAA Championships last year — will lead an inexperienced women’s squad. Dirksen said he has been pleased with the progress of fresh man Jaime Pauli and seniors Sherri Macfee and Sandy Fein. Dirksen said he hopes to clear up the men’s lineup, which is un stable after the first four spots. Juniors Cleophus Boor and Jonah Kiptarus, both of Kapsabet, Kenya, will compete this weekend after sitting out NU’s first meet. Fellow Kenyan Philip Maiyo, along with Hungary native Balazs Tolgyesi, will not compete Satur day, Dirksen said. Come to... vm susawgB mmn 93 5 cr street To Celebrate... In A Loud And Unruly Manner The UNL vs. Arizona State Game - Sept 21 st Door Prizes JUST SIT THERE! Come where the action 955 West “0” Street Lincoln, NE 68528 402-434-7777 http://www.wiokeoo.com Promotions are subject to change.
